The shot pans up from the floor to two maesters carrying a large chest through a crowded room towards the king.
Cut to a wide shot of the room.
The maesters bring the chest to Jaehaerys.
The shot cuts to each Targaryen as the narration mentions them. The chest is opened. Jaehaerys pulls out a scroll and reads it.
Viserys and his wife Aemma look relieved, while Rhaenys remains mostly expressionless.
Viserys and Rhaenys exchange glances.
Fade into fields of clouds. After a few moments, Rhaenyra comes into frame riding Syrax. Eventually they approach the Red Keep, and behind it, King's Landing and the Dragonpit. A shot from the ground shows Syrax flying overhead as peasants walk the streets. Syrax lands in some dirt by the Dragonpit. Two Dragonkeepers approach. The older one holds his spear out to prevent the younger one from getting too close.
The older Dragonkeeper nods at the younger.
Rhaenyra hops off of Syrax's back and pets her neck.
Rhaenyra looks over to see Ser Harrold Westerling nearby on horseback.
Rhaenyra approaches a carriage where Alicent Hightower is standing.
The dragonkeepers lead Syrax into the Dragonpit. Cut to Rhaenyra and Alicent's carriage leaving, with various shots of the city. The carriage eventually arrives at the Red Keep.
King Viserys sits at the head of the small council table eating.
The camera cuts back to show the full room. The members of the small council laugh, save for Corlys Velaryon. The camera cuts to him.
He stands up and unrolls a map of the Stepstones onto the table.
Rhaenyra enters the room.
Corlys sits down, looking frustrated.
Rhaenyra prepares some wine and begins serving the members of the small council.
For a moment no one speaks until Corlys appears to concede.
As Rhaenyra makes her way to Corlys, he holds out his hand to stop her from pouring him wine.
Cut to Rhaenyra and Harrold walking towards the throne room, shot from above at first before cutting behind them.
Harrold opens the throne room. At the end of the hall, Daemon sits in the Iron Throne.
Rhaenyra approaches Daemon while Harrold stands guard in the open doorway.
Rhaenyra stops at the edge of the stairs leading to the throne.
Daemon stands and approaches Rhaenyra.
Daemon stops in front of Rhaenyra. They both smirk at each other.
He holds out a necklace. Rhaenyra inspects it.
Daemon pulls the necklace back.
Rhaenyra turns and pulls her long hair away from her neck. She takes off her necklace and Daemon puts the new one on her.
Rhaenyra turns around.
The camera pans through the leaves of a weirwood tree.
Rhaenyra lays with her head in Alicent's lap near the weirwood. Alicent has a large book open.
Alicent shuts the book and stands up.
Rhaenyra gets up.
Rhaenyra rips a page out of the book.
They laugh and walk out of the godswood together.
The camera cuts to a shot of the sun setting through a window. The camera pulls back inside to show Maester Mickon investigating a wound on Viserys's back.
The camera continues pulling into the room to show Mellos standing nearby. Viserys flinches as Mickon pokes at the wound.
The camera cuts to show the room from the opposite angle. Otto looks on while Mellos walks past him.
Otto approaches Mellos nearby. They talk quietly.
Mellos looks down before walking back to Viserys.
Viserys gets up and leaves.
Members of the city watch, all wearing gold cloaks, bang their chests as Daemon walks through their ranks.
The banging stops.
The watchmen howl.
The watchmen cheer. Daemon walks ahead. A gate is opened and groups of them pour out into the city. Various shots show peasants throughout the city being chased and beaten by watchmen. Daemon leads a group into a square where punishments are being carried out. One man is held while a guard cuts his hand off.
Randyll points towards a man and brings him into a clearing before Daemon before castrating him as he screams, tossing the testes of the man onto a stump nearby. Daemon stands stoically while the chaos unfolds around him.
A man's hand is cut off. Randyll approaches Daemon and points him towards another man.
Daemon unsheathes his sword and approaches the accused man. The man screams as Daemon lifts his sword and the shot cuts to Daemon placing the man's head on a cart full of other dismembered human parts. The cart pulls away as Otto's voice comes through.
Otto and Viserys enter the small council chamber.
As the pair approach the table, the camera pans to show Daemon seated in his spot while the other councilors rise for the King's entrance.
Otto and Viserys place large marbles into plates at their seats.
Everyone sits down.
Otto stands up in anger.
Otto sits back down.
Daemon gets up and leaves.
Rhaenyra ascends some stairs to a large balcony.
Rhaenyra finds her seat as Viserys stands in the midst of other nobles, addressing the crowd.
The crowd cheers and an aerial shot shows the scale of the tournament.
Two knights joust in the center of the stadium. On the second run, one is dismounted. The audience cheers and the winner approaches the balcony, bowing.
Boremund Baratheon approaches the balcony on horseback.
The nobles give varying expressions. Rhaenys approaches and drops a wreath on Boremund's lance.
They smile. Otto leans over and whispers in Viserys's ear.
Rhaenys sits down and exchanges a look with her husband, Corlys.
Boremund and Criston joust, with Boremund being dismounted. Harrold kneels next to Rhaenyra's seat.
Harrold rises and walks away. A Targaryen flag is placed and a group of knights ride out into the field.
Daemon rides out and surveys the assembled jousters, eventually picking one wearing the Hightower sigil. Viserys and Otto exchange glances.
Otto shakes his head. Corlys looks mildly amused. Otto and Gwayne prepare to joust. Rhaenyra grabs the hand of Alicent, who looks nervous. Lyman hands an attendant some money.
Daemon glances at the crowd one last time to make eye contact with Otto before charging forward. Daemon is hit and loses his lance but isn't dismounted. Otto looks pleased. Both riders get new lances and charge again. At the last minute, Daemon swings his lance in front of the hooves of Gwayne's horse, sending both tumbling over. Gwayne is injured but gets up, with varying reactions from the crowd and nobles. Daemon rides in front of the balcony. Rhaenyra and Alicent approach.
Alicent grabs a wreath and shares a glance with Otto before dropping it on Daemon's lance.
A maester whispers something in Otto's ear, who then relays it to Viserys as Rhaenyra and Alicent sit back down. Viserys looks nervous and stands up. Aemma begins to scream as the scene cuts.
Attendants stand nearby nervously as Viserys enters the room.
The camera follows Viserys as he walks into the room. Aemma is splayed on the bed with an attendant at her side. Mellos approaches Viserys.
Aemma's pained scream continues.
He walks over and the attendants move out of the way.
Aemma continues screaming as attendants adjust her positioning.
The tournament continues. A knight is dismounted and the crowd cheers. He pulls his opponent off his horse and begins to attack him, to varying reactions from the crowd.
The knights continue fighting as Rhaenys and Corlys talk.
Someone tackles the attacking knight out of the way.
Rhaenys and Corlys's children, Laena and Laenor, watch the fight, with Laena grabbing her brother's arm.
The attacking knight slams his axe down, killing the other knight. The onlookers variably gasp or cheer, including Rhaenyra. A squire vomits as the dead knight is taken away. Shots of other fights follow interspersed with reactions from Laena and Alicent, the latter of whom picks her fingernails.
Aemma sighs as she is attended. Viserys sits at her side, holding her hand.
Mellos walks away and Viserys kisses Aemma's hand before following.
Viserys looks at Aemma across the room.
Viserys tries to compose himself.
Viserys kisses Aemma's hand as she stirs.
Viserys nods and some of the attendants move around the bed.
Mickon and an attendant pull Aemma down the bed.
The attendants begin to hold Aemma in place and restrain her.
An attendant hands Mellos a sharp tool.
Aemma's screams melt into the screams of the crowd as the shot cuts back to the tournament.
Criston and Daemon collide again. Daemon lands on the barrier in the center of the joust, just barely failing to get back on his horse before falling off the end. He pushes away a man helping him up as Criston dismounts.
A squire brings Daemon his sword.
Criston approaches Daemon with his morningstar. Shots of the duel and Aemma giving birth are interspersed with each other. As the baby is pulled from Aemma, Criston hits Daemon from behind, pinning one of his arms to the ground with his boot.
Daemon yields after a moment of pause, swatting Criston's hand away as he gets up. As Daemon surveys the crowd, cut to Viserys cradling Aemma's corpse. Cut back as Rhaenyra and Alicent run to the edge of the balcony as Criston approaches.
Rhaenyra tosses a wreath down to him.
Criston leaves and Rhaenyra smiles. Otto enters the balcony. Cut to a shot of Aemma dead on the bed, blood everywhere. Viserys sits beside her as Mellos brings the baby over. The attendants look on silently.
Back at the tournament, Otto whispers in Lyonel's ear. Lyonel leans over to Lyman as Otto walks over to Corlys and whispers to him as well. Cut back to the bedchamber.
Mellos's expression drops as the baby ceases making noise. Back at the tournament, the members of the small council leave as other assembled nobles get up and watch. Rhaenyra looks back out at the tournament, solemn.
The camera pans from rocky shores to a large green field where people are gathered for Aemma and Baelon's funeral. Both are wrapped in cloth on pyres. Syrax sits on a hill at the edge of the field. Cut to Rhaenyra's grief-stricken face. Daemon walks over and whispers in her ear.
A few shots show the various attendees.
After a moment, Rhaenyra steps forward. Syrax watches her. Rhaenyra attempts to speak, but the word gets caught in her throat. She takes a look back at her father, who doesn't return the look.
Syrax crawls forward and lights the funeral pyres.
Cut to a profile of Otto as he sits. Behind him, Viserys enters with Ryam Redwyne. The councillors rise. Viserys sits at the head of the table. Ryam places Viserys's council marble down and the others sit, save for Corlys who prepares the wine.
Corlys turns around from the wine table.
Corlys sits at his end of the table.
Daemon is revealed to be listening nearby.
The king stands to leave, and the others stand as he does so. Otto sighs as he sits back down.
Otto seals a letter with a wax seal at his desk.
Otto hands the letter to Mellos. Mellos nods and leaves as Alicent enters.
Otto rises and hugs Alicent.
Otto returns to his desk.
Alicent bites at her nails.
Otto begins writing a letter. Alicent turns to leave.
Alicent pauses for a moment before continuing.
Cut to a sweeping shot of a model city that Viserys is making. He looks down at a ring of Aemma's. There's a knock at the door. He kisses the ring and puts it down. Ryam enters and nods, standing by to let Alicent in. She's holding a book.
Ryam leaves and closes the door behind him.
Alicent sits in a chair on the other side of the model city.
Daemon sits at a table while gold cloaks and sex workers mingle around him, variably drinking, talking, or having sex. Mysaria approaches his table with wine.
She raises her wine and addresses the room.
Daemon looks around at the room as voiceover from Otto comes in.
The scene cuts back and forth between the brothel and the small council chamber.
Daemon stands.
The doors open and Daemon enters to find Viserys in the throne, with four kingsguard in front of him as Otto's voiceover continues.
Daemon comes to a stop before the kingsguard.
Daemon steps forward and all four kingsguard move to stop him. He stops.
Daemon turns and leaves. Viserys slumps back in the chair and notices a cut on one of his fingers from the throne.
Balerion's skull sits on display surrounded by candles. Viserys stands in front, holding his hand above some candles. Ryam enters with Rhaenyra, the latter of whom comes to stand near Viserys.
Viserys nods.
Rhaenyra turns to him sharply.
Cut to a shot of Alicent helping Rhaenyra get dressed.
Cut back to Viserys and Rhaenyra.
Cut back to Rhaenyra getting dressed.
Cut back to Viserys.
Cut back to Rhaenyra and Alicent.
Cut to the throne room. Corlys kneels in a room of other nobles.
Cut back to Rhaenyra and Alicent.
Cut back to the throne room.
Corlys stands.
Cut back to Viserys and Rhaenyra.
Cut back to the throne room as Hobert Hightower kneels.
Cut to Rhaenys in profile standing among the nobles, then to Daemon handling his dragon Caraxes. Mysaria approaches.
Daemon holds Mysaria's hand to Caraxes's face. She smiles. Cut back to Rhaenyra in the throne room. Boremund stands before her before kneeling.
Cut to Rhaenyra. Boremund's dialogue fades out.
Cut back to Viserys and Rhaenyra.
Cut back to the throne room, where Rickon Stark kneels before Rhaenyra.
Cut back to Viserys and Rhaenyra.
Cut back to the throne room. Mellos hangs a necklace around Rhaenyra's neck.
Cut back to Viserys and Rhaenyra.
Viserys grabs a holstered dagger around his belt.
Cut back to the throne room. Rhaenyra turns around to face her father in his throne. He stands and addresses the assembled nobles.
Cut to Daemon and Mysaria riding Caraxes.
King of the Andals, and the Rhoynar, and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, and Protector of the Realm, do hereby name…
Cut back to the throne room.
All of those assembled bow their heads. Rhaenyra turns around to look out at the crowd and directly faces the camera. A dragon roars.
